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Constituency

89. Amdanga

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-AMDANGA

CPM 50.1%won by 4.7%INC 45.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.3% to 4.7%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.4% of the vote between them, up from 88.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,43,675
Margin
6,769
4.71%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1HASHIM ABDUL HALIMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM71,94150.1%
  2. 2MD. RAFIQUL ISLAMIndian National Congress · INC65,17245.4%
  3. 3BALAI BASUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,0834.2%
  4. 4MIHIR CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND4790.3%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−7.5%
CPM share
50.3% → 50.1%
INC share
38.1% → 45.4%
Turnout
— → —
88. Ashokenagar90. Barasat
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